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The State of Utah passed legislation in 2012—the Utah Transfer of Public Lands Act—to require the federal government to grant the majority of federal land in the state back to the state of Utah after 2014, as promised to the State in the Utah Enabling Act of 1894. == History == Various Utah Federal elected officials have argued for "state rights concerning public lands" for at least several decades prior to 2012.〔 More recently, State Representative Ken Ivory had been a strong supporter of states' rights and had frequently advocated for Utah to regain control of federal lands. In 2012, Ivory sponsored (HB 148 ), The Utah Transfer of Public Lands Act, which asserted that the federal government must grant federal land back to the state of Utah after 2014. The legislature passed the bill. Governor Gary Herbert signed it into law on 23 March 2012, stating "This is only the first step in a long process, but it is a step we must take." Though the bill was signed into law in 2012, federal lands remained in control of the Department of the Interior through December 2014, while the state attempted to "educate and negotiate" with Federal officials. , the Federal government had not agreed to enter negotiations.〔 , effective 31 December 2014, "Utah intends to seize control of 31.2 million acres of its own land now under the control of the federal government." The total land involved is more than half of the total of of land in the state. The state does not intend to use force or limit access in an attempt to control the lands, and instead will use a "four-step plan that the governor laid out": a program of education, negotiation, legislation, and litigation.〔 〕 The state set aside in 2014 to fund the initial phases of the plan.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Utah Transfer of Public Lands Act」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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